<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Chris Paul of the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets headlines a talented group of rookies named to the T-Mobile NBA All-Rookie Team, the NBA announced today. Paul, the only unanimous First Team selection, is joined by Toronto?s Charlie Villanueva (56 points), Milwaukee?s Andrew Bogut (55 points), Utah?s Deron Williams (46 points) and New York?s Channing Frye (45 points). Paul became the fifth rookie to win the T-Mobile Rookie of the Month award for every month of his rookie season, joining Cleveland?s LeBron James, Denver?s Carmelo Anthony and San Antonio's Tim Duncan and David Robinson. Paul, who led all rookies with 21 double-doubles, averaged rookie highs of 16.1 points and 7.8 assists while also recording 5.1 rebounds and 2.24 steals. Villanueva topped the Eastern Conference rookies in scoring, averaging 13.0 points on .463 shooting and added 6.4 rpg. Bogut, the number one pick in the 2005 NBA Draft, led all rookies in rebounding (7.0 rpg) and blocks (.83 bpg) and tallied 9.4 ppg on .533 shooting. Williams averaged 10.8 points and ranked third among rookies in assists with 4.5 per game. Frye led all rookie centers in scoring with 12.3 ppg on .477 shooting and added 5.8 rpg. </div> <div align="center">Source</div>
Nice. Deron probably had the most talent on his team from any of those guards, so he had to do the least scoring. So I'm pretty excited he still made the first team. Great job.
Jerry Sloan isn't known for playing his rookies, but Williams averaged 28.8 MPG. He ranks 15th in the NBA in 3 point %, shooting over 40% from 3. Williams and Kirilenko are the only Jazz players to make the All-Rookie first team since Karl Malone.
